Social Media Data is Changing Customer-Focused Business Intelligence
by Blake Cahill -
March 8, 2010
In today’s super-competitive business world, information is everything, and the customer is king. The best-run companies pay particular attention to information that helps them learn about their customers and their preferences. This customer intelligence informs nearly every business decision, from pricing and promotions to customer retention and operations planning.
Why RIA allows a New Breed of Business Intelligence Solution
by Nicolas Raspal -
March 4, 2010
As you probably know Business Intelligence is a pretty competitive space and you have to come with strong innovations to find your audience. RIA has opened the door to a whole new wave of innovation, allowing Software as a Service (SaaS) products to deliver user experience to rival on-premise software but with a much smaller price tag. This new breed of application has the potential not only to revolutionize BI for those already using it, but to open the door to millions of new users who previously found it too hard or too expensive.
Flash And SilverlightNew Staples Of Rich Visual BI Applications
by William Laurent -
March 3, 2010
Fighting words are exchanged daily; battle lines drawn and redrawn; relationships between programmers, architects and graphic designers torn asunder. But does there really have to emerge a hands-down winner in the Adobe Flash vs. Microsoft Silverlight war? After all, developers and vendors of richly visual business intelligence e-solutions now have two fantastic frameworks for incorporating interactive multimedia, graphics and animations into their applications.
The Use Of Rich Media To Increase Dashboard Interactivity
by Lyndsay Wise -
March 2, 2010
This article discusses the increasing market demand for dashboards and the related adoption of rich media use. This article also provides an overview of rich media for dashboards. In addition, it reviews the business case for interactive dashboards and looks at some benefits and challenges organizations should consider when looking at more advanced data visualization use.